Educational



S. C. DOBSUN. EDUCATIONAL APPLINCE.

APPLlcATloN man sEPT.23.191a.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

V/ /Q/ :i INVENTOR.

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EDUCATIONAL nrrnraivcn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratenteasept. 9, 1919.

Application ined september es, 191s. serial 105255,252.

To all whom t may concern.' Y

Be it known that I, SCHUYLER G. DoBsoN, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements `in EducationalAppliances, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to educational appliances and has to doparticularlywith a device that will aid all students and, in fact, people generally,to grade their writing scientifically with little effort. It takes theform of a tablet of novel structure which is primarily adapted for useby students, though not necessarily limited thereto. The tablet containssample plates of penmanship, preferably photographed from actual samplesof the writings of students of different grades., It' also containsblank sheets to be written upon as in any tablet, this written matterbeing thus readily comparable with the photographed samples for grading.

The idea may be utilized for any class of scholars, as well as forstudents of penmanship. It is best illustrated by explaining anddescribing a tablet made for use by a particular grade or grades. Forinstance, in practice, I preferably use a single tablet for the thirdand fourth grades. Thistablet desirably contains penmanship plates anddetachable blank sheets.

An illustration of the permanent plates of my tablet will be found inthe accompanying drawings wherein: V

The figure shows one of the permanent plates and part of another.

In the drawings, it will appear that the plates are designated third andfourth grade coupled with the numbers 85 and 45, respectively, as at l.Immediately beneath the line containing this subject-matter, there is abrief paragraph of instructions, criticisms and suggestions. To give amore comprehensive understanding of the form which these paragraphs maytake, I am tabulating the paragraphs that I usually use for the thirdand fourth grades. It will be understood however that the wording ofthese paragraphs may be changed without departing from the spirit of myinvention and that, also, the wording for the other-grades will veryprobably differ from the wording for the third and fourth grades. Thewordlgforthe third and fourth grades, however, is preferably as follows:

. l `Third and (h5)foarth grades.

Compare your work with this lowest mark first. :Y ou can mark from l0 to50 any work you measure b this page. This paper is very poor. Ma Ie allyour work better than this page. y f l Third and (55) fourth grades.

Your paper may "look somewhat like this page. If it does -you mustgiveit a mark somewhere between 450 and 60.` Stud to see `why this paper ismarked so low. 0u can find out. It will help your work.

Third and (625)l fourth grades.

This page was written by a pupil, in a regular writing lesson and he hadnever written this copy before. It is a fair test for any writinglesson.Make yours better next time. Good writing requires practice.

Third and. (75) fourth grades.

Third and (.95) fourth grades. i

If your writing is as good as this page, give it the same grade asmarked in the circle above. If not, turn toinext, etc. This is a goodpaper. Try to have many of yours as good as this.

Beneath each paragraph of instructions, suggestions, et cetera, Idesirably place several lines of exercises as at 3. Below these, thereare a number of lines of letters 4 and then there are a number of linesof words 5. Variations in this substance or arrangement may be made, atwill.

The pupils task is to write any selected matter on one of the plainsheets of the tablet. Then he is to compare his efforts with the platesand select the plate most similar to his completed effort. Havingdetermined upon one plate, he should mark his own work in accordance.For instance, if his work approximates the plate marked 85, he shouldmark his own work between 80 and 90` per cent.

l The sample plates are preferably made in a manner calculated tol bescientifically exact. Desirably, a number of samples of actual writingare taken from each grade or each couple of grades.. 'Il-rese,l sam-plesare classified and then valued'. rIhen the Y papers that most nearlyrepresen-t the middle point between marks. 100 to. 90, 90, to- 80, 80to. 70, 70 .to 60, and 6,0. to 50, .for each grade are selected andphotographed. These photographs. are used for samples in the mannerindicated It will be seen that each sample constitutes a. standard.which may be fairly set before the student.

yIt will be obvious that I have provided a device which will enable astudentA to teach himself, it he is in earnest. In addition, it willgreatly facilitate the work of the teacher, forA it is obvious that shewill be enabled to take Care. of a much larger class of students withthese tablets'.

It is important to. note that these tablets offerV a means for, not onlysettingv standards for penmanship in penmanshipelasses, but they serve.`as standards, of* possible achievement. tor children all their writing,and even for adults. As, far as students are concerned, it is arecognized fact that they rarely writev as well in other classesv andoutside. of school as they do.- in their penmanship classes.. Theseytablets. oifer the teachers; of various subjects;4 a ready means forgrading all written work for penmanship.V Not only this, but the pupilsmust inevitably beimpressed with the fairness of the system, for I havea definite standard which each pupil knows he must meet andconcerningwhich he can have no misunderstanding with his teacher,inasmuch as the test never depends on the individual judgment. of theteacher to any material extent.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1.4 An educational device comprising sample handwriting tests eachmarked to indicate percentage of perfection and blank spaces forcomparative practice Work.

2. An educational device comprising a tablet with sample penmanshipplates each marked to indicate percentage of perfection, and blanksheets.

3. An educational device comprising a tablet with sample penmanshipplates, ranging through, a series of selected percentages ot perfectionand each marked accordingly, and blank sheets.

t. An educational device comprising a tablet with permanent samplehandwriting tests. each marked to indicate percentage oli perfection anddetachable blank sheets.

5. An educational device comprising a tablet with blank sheets and withsample penmanship pilates each marked tol indicate percentagesyperfectiony whereby the penmanship student may comparematter he haswritten on the blank sheets with the marked plates and grade his workaccordingly.

- In testimony whereof I hereby alix my signature'.

SCHUYLER C. DOBSON.

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